Kim Ogg said she would announce Monday that she would run in the Democratic primary.

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Special council, Kim Ogg, places a large poster board with photos of members of Bloods and Crips, in the hallway outside of state civil District Judge Alexandra Smoots-Hogan's court at the Harris County Criminal Courthouse, Dec. 10, 2010.

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5/23/2000--Crime Stoppers' executive director Kim Ogg announces a new partnership with several cell telephone companies, during a briefing outside the Harris County jail. Photo by Steve Ueckert / Chronicle

Kim Ogg, a former prosecutor, anti-gang investigator and crime prevention leader, told supporters Saturday that she will run for Harris County district attorney.

In an email, Ogg said she would announce Monday that she would run in the Democratic primary in the spring. Voters will choose a district attorney in November 2014.

Ogg is a former felony prosecutor in the district attorney's office. She also has led Crime Stoppers of Houston and the city's anti-gang task force.

She is the first candidate to formally announce a run for the office since the recent death from cancer of District Attorney Mike Anderson, a Republican.

However, Anderson's widow, Devon Anderson, a former prosecutor and judge appointed last week to serve the remainder of her late husband's term, said she planned to lead the office for years to come.

After serving as the city's anti-gang task force director in 1994, Ogg became the executive director of Crime Stoppers of Houston in 1999. She left the organization in 2006 to purse a private legal practice. She has represented crime victims and police officers and served as a defense attorney.

"My focus will be to fight crime with 21st century tactics, and this will be accomplished through re-prioritization of resources, including forfeiture funds," Ogg stated in her email. "On my first day in office, I will end the practice of accepting 'trace drug cases' where there is no evidence to convict and instead will shift the focus to dismantling organized crime from the top down."

Ogg said she would announce her candidacy at 11 a.m. on the west steps of the historic 1910 Harris County Courthouse, 301 Fannin. She will also file papers designating her father, former state Sen. Jack Ogg, as her campaign treasurer.